Who's Got the Money in Western Canada Agriculture
A Calgary printer piece extols Western Canadian farming wealth in 1915. It cites wheat yields across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba totaling about 342.9 million bushels with values around 280.6 million dollars, plus barley flax and other crops, milk and dairy output, honey, and livestock, framing farmers as the main wealth creators in a period of growth and hard work.
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Howev
Per
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Saskatchewan
Western Canada
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Alverta
Snaskatchewan
Unitobia
Manitola
Manitoba
California
Washington
Troops Head South Line For Border Duty From Camp Dodge
The first train carrying the Third Iowa infantry left Camp Dodge at 11:30 p.m. with two more trains following by late Friday morning. Crowds gathered to bid them farewell as they prepared for border duty. Col Morgan remains in Des Moines to muster recruits and dispatch them to join the Iowa guards.
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Western
Union News Service
Des Moines
Third
Iowa Infantry
Camp Dodge
Col Morgan
Iowa Guards
Sunday Baseball Wins In Onawa Moorhead Case
Onawa and Moorhead baseball players arrested for playing Sunday ball were released after hearings. Attorneys argued that Sunday baseball is not a crime and the judge sustained the demurrer, dismissing the defendants.
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Onawa
Moorhead
Flora Dunlap to Lead Brooklyn Neighborhood Guild House
Flora Dunlap of New York and Des Moines, longtime Roadside settlement head, school board member, and Iowa Suffrage association president, will become head resident of the United Neighborhood Guild house in Brooklyn after the suffrage convention in Waterloo this fall.
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Flora Dunlap
New York
Des Moines
Iowa Suffrage Association
United Neighborhood Guild House
Brooklyn
Waterloo
Foot Torn from Leg in Gas Engine Accident
Frank Locke a 25 year old married resident near Cumberland suffered a near fatal shock after his foot was torn from his leg when his clothing or leg became entrapped in a gas engine belt before the power could be shut off. He was left near death from the injury and transfer to care followed.
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Cumberland
Frank Locke
Here
Two Children Die in Farm House Fire
At a farm about three miles south of here, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Archile Scott burned to the ground. Their two young children, ages 1 and 3, were burned to death. Mrs. Scott was badly burned in the blaze.
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Woten
Archile Scott
Scott
Here
Shotgun accident injures girl in Washington Iowa
Col 8 W Brookhart of the Iowa National Guard awaited a Mexico call from Camp Dodge while his sister Migs Della Brookhart suffered a shotgun discharge at her Washington home. The weapon fell from a loosened nail and the load struck her ankle, risking lifelong disability.
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Towa City
8. W. Brookhart
Towa National Guard
Mexico
Camp Dodge
Migs Della Brookhart
Wasington
Fort Lite
Algona Club Establishes Rest Room and Elects Secretary
The Algona Commercial club elected Van Auken of Madison Wisconsin as secretary. A rest room for tidies has been established and an office furnished. In other notices a Towa City banker faces leg surgery and a man undergoes above knee amputation after an operation. Dubuque heat kills three men, painter Robert Luenberg, carpenter William McMahon, and mail clerk C H Stoleke.
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Algona
Algona Commercial
van Auken
Madison
Wis
Towa City
Tites Metalt &3
Dubuque
Robert Luenberg
William McMahon
C. H. Stoleke
Late Graduation Day Honors 68 Graduates
County Superintendent EK 11 Plath presents diplomas to a class of 68 graduates from the local high school marking their late completion and milestone achievements.
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TeMars
Jocal High
Plath
State Tax Plan Set. Des Moines Council Adopts Level Levy
Iowa executives approve no tax increase for 1916 4.5 million levy split between general and capital extension funds. General revenue levy totals 2.100 mills yielding about 4 066 600. capital extension levy 1.7 mills raising around 140 000. Ames college requires all freshmen to swim with instruction mandatory to graduate.
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Des Moines
General Fund
Sane Ag
Board of Education
To Be Bird Woman Joins Geneva Aviation Camp
Miss Christine Biller Delta Gamma at Towa University will attend Geneva aviation camp sponsored by her aunt Mrs J Oxdern Armour Chicago millionaire to learn to be a bird woman She is an Indiana University alumna and Iowa State graduate living in Des Moines X Mayor Wolfe Paroled Charles V Wolfe former Solon mayor who resigned after shooting rival Frank Acrenels Solon Economy editor has been released from prison due to health reasons.
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Iowa State College
G. Be Linden
Christine Biller
Delta Gamma
Towa University
Geneva
J. Oxdern Armour
Chicago
Biller
Indiana University
State University of
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Des Moines
Wolfe
Charles V. Wolfe
Solon
Johnson County
Frank Acrenels
State Board of Parole
IOWA NEWS NOTES hodgepodge of farm incidents and accidents
Near Le Mars farmer John Gralanp broke his leg when kicked by a cow during milking. A big 36 inch two to three foot long Mississippi catfish was landed near Jefferson by John and Alburn Cutlip. Leona Jennings was badly burned playing with matches, but will recover. Michael Smill died after a honey tea sting near Brayton. Clevins C Kendall was struck by a car near Victor. Henry Roozeboom drowned crossing the Rock River north of Rock Valley.
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le Mars
John
Alburn Cutlip
Hardin Creek
Jefferson
Iowa
Leona
Walter Jennings
Michael Smill
Brayton
Mr. Smith
Clevins C. Kendall
Omaha
Carnsforth
Victor, Io
Iowan
Nebraska
Henry Roozeboom
Rock Valley
Rock River
Hoe
Horra
Te Irnder
Woman Fends Off Poisonous Snake in Cellar Duel
A woman descending to her cellar faced a menacing garter snake coiled on the floor. She used a improvised weapon from nearby items, including a hot hindle, an oil finterin, an empty crack, and a board, to kill the attacker.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Offer Quick Skin Relief
Suffering from itch ing and burning skin troubles? Bathe with Cutleura Soap and hot water, dry, then apply Cutleura Ointment to the affected area. They stop itching instantly and often speed healing. Send a postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston for a sample book. sold everywhere.
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Dept. L
Boston
Ady
Sermon on Intemperance Ends With Sharp Comeback
Drg Sunday told a tale of a rough day on Trenton street when a man muttered insults. The revivalist, keeping calm, delivered a pointed sermon on temperance and responded to a threat with the quip Charity begins at home. Washington Syt.
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Drg
Trenton Lira
Hen FREAK BREAKS RECORD In a strange birth claim by Tremont Lounsbury
Tremont Lounsbury reports a hen hatched a half chicken with a chicken-like birth defect after an earlier accident involving a hen run over by a motorcycle. He argues chickens are subject to prenatal influence and describes a curious event with a fowl and its hatchling.
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Tremont Lounsbury
Lownsbury
Bhai
Gounshbury
Bane Eternal News Note From City Journalist
A bright young journalist notes the hard task of truth telling as India’s railroads pension old employees face scrutiny and struggle. The piece reflects on foibles and human nature amid curious, observational humor in local reportage.
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Bane Eternal
Too Tolerant Dinner Talk Cited At Newport News
Bishop Coprut cites leniency in a Newport News dinner, accusing locals of hypocrisy. Cal Chiy retorts that even a few stolen chickens would not shame him before the law, challenging the church's stance on morality.
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Bishop Coprut
Newport News
Cal
Caltinan
Geveral Douglas
Where Peace Has Its Home Kulcker-Why do you take up phono graph when you go fishing
Dialogue fragment features two speakers Kulcker and Bucker trading quips about carrying a phonograph while fishing. The exchange plays on silence and luck with a pun about peace and fortune, reflecting a humorous newspaper filler tone.
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Kulcker
Bucker
Tales of Strathcona And The Curious Scottish Countrymen
A muddled excerpt recounts anecdotes about Lord Strathcona and Scottish countrymen. It mentions a boastful tale about apples, a tale of native laws delighting a superintendent, and a junior class quiz with biblical names. It notes falls near Argentina.
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Steey
Porres Saldinette Delivel Wu
Samson
Solymon
Moses
Lord Sothyscoun
Ard Winer
Meeker Mei
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